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Brief introduction of Tenglong Cave in Lichuan, Hubei Province
Tenglong Cave in Lichuan, Hubei Province is located in Lichuan City, Hubei Province, China. It is the longest karst cave in China, and consists of water caves and dry caves. With its spectacular cave landscape, rich geological structure and unique natural features, Tenglong Cave has attracted countless tourists to explore and visit.

On 20 13, Tenglong Cave was rated as a national 4A-level tourist attraction and became a key cultural relic protection unit in Hubei Province. Tenglong Cave is located in the northeast of Lichuan City, about 6.8 kilometers away from the urban area. The cave system is generally distributed in the direction of NE-NEE, with a total length of 52.8 kilometers, of which the water tunnel is 16.8 kilometers long and the main tunnel is 36 kilometers long. The cave developed in the transitional horizon between Triassic Jialingjiang Formation and Daye Formation, and located in the transitional zone between syncline and anticline.

The entrance of Tenglong Cave is 74 meters high and 64 meters wide. It has been proved that the length of the cave is 52.8 kilometers and the cave area is more than 2 million square meters. The mountain in the cave is as high as125m, with the highest point of 237m and the widest point of174m. There are 150 caves in the cave, and 140 hieroglyphs.

Tenglong Cave is rich in landscape, integrating mountains, water, caves, forests, rocks and gorges into one, and integrating the heroic, dangerous, strange, quiet and beautiful in one furnace. The air in the cave is circulated, with a constant temperature of 65438 08℃ in all seasons, which is an excellent place for tourism, recuperation and geological investigation. There are more than 300 branches, large and small, on both sides of the entrance of Tenglong Cave. There is a mountain in the cave, a hole in the mountain, no mountain, no hole, no hole. There is water in the cave, and the water caves are connected, which constitutes a huge and magnificent cave landscape.

Characteristics of Tenglong Cave

Tenglong Cave not only has a unique natural landscape, but also has rich geological resources. There are many precious geological relics in the cave, such as stalagmites, stone pillars and stalactites, which show the unique historical evolution of Tenglong Cave. In addition, there are many mysterious legends and stories in Tenglong Cave, which add more cultural connotations to the cave landscape.

In recent years, with the development of tourism, Tenglong Cave has attracted more and more tourists to explore and visit. The cave landscape here enjoys a high reputation not only in China, but also in the world. In the future, Tenglong Cave will continue to inherit and carry forward China's excellent traditional culture and show its unique charm to tourists from all over the world.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Tenglong Cave.